Finding 553757 (2024-001)

Material Weakness
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-04-01
Audit: 352339
Organization: Xavier University of Louisiana (LA)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The University failed to report enrollment status changes for 10 out of 25 students within the required 60 days.
  • Impacted Requirements: This noncompliance violates federal regulations regarding timely enrollment reporting for Direct Loans.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Ensure timely reporting of enrollment status changes to meet federal requirements moving forward.

Finding Text

Audit Finding Reference Number 2024-001 – Enrollment Reporting Federal Program and Specific Federal Award Identification CFDA Title and Number 84.268 Federal Direct Student Loan (Direct) Federal Award Year June 30, 2024 Federal Agencies U. S. Department of Education Pass-Through Entity Not applicable Criteria The May 2024 Compliance Supplement for the Student Financial Assistance Cluster, Title IV Regulations, compliance requirement N - Special Tests and Provisions, #6, Enrollment Reporting stipulated when a Direct Loan was made to or on behalf of a student who was enrolled or accepted for enrollment at the institution, and the student ceased to be enrolled on at least a half-time basis or failed to enroll on at least a half-time basis for the period for which the loan was intended; or a student who is enrolled at the institution and who received a loan under Title IV has changed his or her permanent address, the institution must report the change in its next updated Enrollment Reporting Roster file (due within 60 days of the change).   Conditions and Context I noted during my audit ten (10) students out of twenty-five (25) tested whose enrollment status was not reported or not reported within the prescribed sixty (60) days of the change. Cause It appears that the University was delayed in completing the enrollment submissions causing the enrollment status changes to be reported beyond the required sixty (60) days. Questioned Costs For the purposes of the condition, I do not have any questioned costs. Effect Noncompliance with federal regulations. The University did not report on the student’s status change timely. Repeat Finding No. Recommendation I recommend that the University adheres to the federal regulations by ensuring the students’ enrollment status is reported within the required sixty (60) day timeline. Management Response

Corrective Action Plan

The University has established policies and procedures to report a change in a student’s enrollment status in its next updated Enrollment Reporting roster. The University will take the necessary steps to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures with regard to reporting a change in a student’s enrollment status.

Categories

Student Financial Aid Special Tests & Provisions Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1130199 2024-001
    Material Weakness

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.268 Federal Direct Student Loans $45.03M
84.425 Education Stabilization Fund $10.72M
84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program $9.31M
84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid $7.10M
93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research $5.18M
93.157 Centers of Excellence $3.04M
93.310 Trans-Nih Research Support $2.49M
97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $1.40M
84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants $836,640
84.033 Federal Work-Study Program $747,263
93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training $346,773
47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences $327,080
93.368 21st Century Cures Act - Precision Medicine Initiative $295,297
84.423 Supporting Effective Educator Development Program $269,253
47.074 Biological Sciences $206,589
84.217 Trio McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement $196,668
93.137 Community Programs to Improve Minority Health $181,937
11.619 Arrangements for Interdisciplinary Research Infrastructure $157,573
12.630 Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering $112,356
47.041 Engineering $81,464
81.049 Office of Science Financial Assistance Program $74,148
93.865 Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research $72,552
10.001 Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research $55,889
81.255 Clean Energy Demonstrations $53,531
47.050 Geosciences $52,803
43.008 Office of Stem Engagement (ostem) $47,329
84.379 Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (teach Grants) $43,378
43.001 Science $38,828
47.083 Integrative Activities $37,127
93.342 Aging Research $35,912
19.009 Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate Programs $22,933
59.037 Small Business Development Centers $14,578
47.076 Stem Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) $13,510
93.866 Aging Research $7,622
84.116 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education $4,843
93.395 Cancer Treatment Research $2,299
45.149 Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access $1,798
12.300 Basic and Applied Scientific Research $800